Antony and the Johnsons - Antony and the Johnsons
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Artist: Antony and the JohnsonsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-07-20
Music Label: Secretly Canadian
Soundtracks:
- Twilight
- Cripple And The Starfish
- Hitler In My Heart
- The Atrocities
- River Of Sorrow
- Rapture
- Deeper Then Love
- Divine
- Blue Angel
Music reviews of Antony and the Johnsons
Music Review: so let down
Rating: 2 Stars
I normally don't write reviews that are negative on amazon because they usually get nothing but negative feedback/unhelpful votes or whatever. So I shall try to be as fair as possible. I got Leonard Cohen's compilation "i'm your man" and there is this amazing, incredible rendition of "if it be your will" that Antony does. It was my favorite track on this record and the whole Leonard Cohen tribute concert in general, 'come so far for beauty' is really good. "If It be your will" was performed with such a soulful voice and i loved how it built inself until the end with the background vocals wailing and him stating the title words over and over. So I went to the library and waited a month to borrow this debut record by Antony; it was always checked out or on reserve. Yes, it was the same voice, and yes, I will say, Antony does have a very interesting and even somewhat beautiful voice. The album's sleeve put me off at first (and continued to do so). I am someone who often puts music together with its cover art (check out This Mortal Coil's 'song to the siren' with that perfect 23 envelope sleeve, for example). So I listened to this album a few times and was put off by the silly lyrics that actually made me grimace and cringe. "mr muscles forcing bursting stingy little thingy into me . . ." or "i am so very happy, so please hit me" or "river of sorrow, don't swallow" or the breathy way he says the word "twilight" don't know, it just made a little uncomfortable. So it seemed I didn't like the record.
Then I read an article in INTERVIEW magazine with Elton John about new music in 2005, he was praising Antony's second record. So I gave it another try and after three songs, couldn't handle it anymore. The images of the cd and the things he sings about or his presentation of the words ruin it. Maybe if he just sang songs by poets like Leonard Cohen it would be better? In the Elton John article, he said Antony sings a lot about sexuality, which I gathered from the lyrics, and but he presents his sexuality in such a pathetic way that almost says "if you don't like me, or if you are not drawn to this sad life I am presenting to you, it's because you don't like gay/transgendered people". In my case, that couldn't be further from the truth. I would not recommend this record to anyone, but when I mention it to people, I can't help but say how much I loved "if it be your will" and how disappointed I was in his solo effort.
Although I must say, I did like his second record loads more than this one. Check out "I am a bird"
Description of Antony and the Johnsons
"Every emotion in the planet is in that gorgeous voice" - Diamanda GalasAntony and the Johnsons is the self-titled debut release from the virtuosic English-born singer on David Tibet's DURTRO label through World Serpent Distribution in London.
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